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“I can guarantee to the residents of Lisbon and Porto that the closure of a police station will lead to them feeling a greater police presence on the streets,” stated Luís Neves.
The author argues that Portugal should reform its Annual Internal Security Report to include detailed offender demographics, citing the Danish model as a superior approach to addressing rising violent crime in major cities.
The Socialist Party (PS) denounces the worrying destruction of backyards, which are essential for the city's ecological balance, and blames the 2021 Master Plan (PDM). The executive promises to amend the regulatory code and revise the Master Plan.
Strengthening municipal police forces may be politically appealing. But doing so at the expense of the PSP is a mistake, and it is a mistake that the country cannot afford.
Luís Catarino has emerged as the only candidate to lead the Socialist Party (PS) in Porto. An engineer and businessman, Catarino is a member of the party's national and district bodies and is currently serving on the National Commission. He is a long-time figure in Porto politics, having previously run for the Paranhos parish council and served on municipal lists. He is seen as the successor to Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro, who is stepping down to allow time to prepare a strong candidate for the 2029 municipal elections. The party aims to reclaim Porto, a city the PS has not won since the late 1990s.
The Prime Minister announced that the Government will reinforce the PSP metropolitan commands in Porto and Lisbon with 200 new officers for each of these structures.
Luís Montenegro was speaking after an 'extremely productive meeting' with the mayors of Lisbon and Porto.
Montenegro took advantage of a meeting with the mayors of Lisbon and Porto to announce 400 more police officers on the streets of the two cities. The former Council of Ministers headquarters was donated to the capital's city council for housing.
The Prime Minister acknowledges that security has been a “dominant theme” and therefore presents a proposal to reinforce police presence on the streets. Additionally, the President of the Constitutional Court resigns from their duties.
Bruno Pereira, president of the National Union of Police Officers, says he views the measure announced by Luís Montenegro as positive. But he leaves that question in the air.
There will also be an increase in patrol actions by the PSP intervention unit in Lisbon and Porto, specifically in areas with the highest criminal activity.
Prime Minister Luís Montenegro announced today that the government will reinforce the metropolitan commands of the PSP in Porto and Lisbon with 200 new officers for each of these structures.
The Mayor of Porto, Pedro Duarte, today urged the population to be alert for the likelihood of flooding from 6 PM in the areas of Ribeira and Miragaia, along the banks of the Douro River.
The announcement comes from Luís Montenegro on the day marking the 120th anniversary of the iconic library. Also, Gouveia e Melo evokes General Ramalho Eanes for the first time in this presidential campaign.
As the government opts to pay Brussels handsomely (€8.4 million) in order NOT to receive 420 asylum seekers, PSP police have delivered their 2025 report on efforts to get to The post Immigration: around 900 immigrants registered to 56 ‘illegal residences’ in Porto appeared first on Portugal Resident.
At the ceremony marking the 120th anniversary of Livraria Lello in Porto, Luís Montenegro argued that greater social development increasingly depends on “the expressions of the community, on people”.
At the celebrations of Livraria Lello's 120th anniversary, Montenegro said the building's reclassification 'in the coming weeks' will 'perpetuate the identity' and the 'connection of the whole country to this project'.
Rallies in Porto and Lisbon showed the first signs of vitality in a campaign that spent its first week running at half speed and battling Seguro. The party wants to demonstrate that it is capable and can renew itself.
More than 200,000 voters registered for advance and mobile voting that took place this Sunday for the presidential election. Lisbon and Porto were the districts with the highest number of registered voters. The most common reasons for voting early were work-related, but there were also some political leaders who wanted to set an example.
The candidate for Belém visited the districts of Porto and Braga. Complaints from older people about low pensions led him to criticise those who have spent many years in politics without resolving the problems.
Most presidential candidates are spending the day in the north and inland regions of the country. Seguro will be in Braga, António Filipe in Porto. Meanwhile, Marques Mendes is touring Viana do Castelo, Braga and Aveiro.
In Alentejo, the PCP announced that its locally elected representatives will not take part in the votes on 12 January. In Porto, the communists also criticise the power-sharing and the new organisational structure of these bodies.
On New Year's Eve, security will be stepped up in Lisbon and Porto. Thousands of people are expected at Terreiro do Paço and Avenida dos Aliados.
